Paul Bloom on Psych, Psychology, and the Human Mind

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🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Do psychologists know anything? Psychologist Paul Bloom says yes--but not the things that you might think. Bloom discusses his book Psych with EconTalk's Russ Roberts and what the field of psychology can teach us about human intelligence, consciousness, and unhelpful instincts. They also discuss just how far psychology is from a true understanding of the human mind, and why, according to Bloom, that might not be such a bad thing.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:07.8	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover
0:12.7	Institution.
0:13.7	Go to econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode and find links down
0:18.6	the information related to today's conversation.
0:21.4	You'll also find our archives, but every episode we've done going back to 2006.
0:26.8	Our email address is mail at econtalk.org.
0:30.3	We'd love to hear from you.
0:37.8	Today is February 7, 2023.
0:40.4	My guest is psychologist Paul Bloom of the University of Toronto and Emeritus Professor
0:45.7	at Yale University.
0:47.3	This is Paul's fourth appearance on econ talk.
0:49.5	He was last year in October of 2021 talking about his book, The Sweet Spot.
0:55.0	Our topic for today is his latest book, Psych PSYCH.
0:59.8	I want to mention to listeners that our conversation may have from time to time adult themes.
1:04.4	You may want to vet it before listening with small children.
1:07.8	I thank everyone for voting.
1:09.1	We'll have those results of your favorite episodes of 2022 out soon.
1:14.2	Paul, welcome back to econtalk.
1:16.6	I'm delighted to be back, Russ.
1:18.6	So how would you describe this book?
1:20.0	It's a little different from your previous books.
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